El alcalde de Ottawa declared the state of emergence in the Canadian capital for the “peligro y la amenaza graves” that represents the truckers that protestant against the mandate of the vacuna against el covid-19, mientras las demonstrations continúan extendiéndose por all country.
Mayor Jim Watson issued the declaration of emergency on Sunday for the “demonstration in course” that now entered his second week and already led police forces in a constant struggle to maintain control of the city.
“Declaring a state of emergency reflects the grave danger and threat to citizen safety posed by the ongoing demonstrations and highlights the need for support from other jurisdictions and levels of government,” the mayor said in a statement.
The announcement occurs since the city’s police officials report that the situation has turned into a “national insurrection” and the protests are spreading from Ottawa to Toronto and the city of Quebec during the end of the week.
Thousands of people attended at the “Freedom Convoy” caravan on Saturday, and Ottawa police chief Peter Sloly reported that more than 7,000 demonstrators and 1,000 resident vehicles descended solely on the streets of the nation’s capital.
Some demonstrators toured the city on horseback, and a horseman was seen waving a “Trump 2024” flag in videos and photos posted on Twitter.
The large crowd was greeted by around 300 counter-protesters, with police warning that even with all the officers on duty and hundreds of other officers recruited to help, they don’t have enough staff to crack down on the blockade.
Chief Sloly told an emergency meeting of the Ottawa Police Services board on Saturday afternoon that “we need an additional surge of resources” after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau ruled out deploying troops to the streets.
The president of the junta de Servicios Policiales de Ottawa, Diane Deans, described the multitudes as “terroristas” and advised that they represent an “amenaza para nuestra democracia”, reported CBC.
“They terrorize our residents, torture them by honking their horns incessantly, threatening them and preventing them from living their lives. People cannot go to work or open their businesses.
“They can’t sleep, walk, shop, go to doctor’s appointments or enjoy their neighborhood,” he said at the emergency meeting.
“This group is a threat to our democracy. What we see here is bigger than just a problem in the city of Ottawa.
“This is an insurrection at the national level. Esto es una locura”.
A huge convoy of truckers paralyzed in Ottawa for more than a week, as soon as they descended first to the city and blocked the roads that connected to the EE.UU. there is Canada el 29 de enero.
The demonstration took place in response to the government’s introduction of a vaccination mandate on January 15, which says that Canadian transporters must have a full vaccination schedule to cross the border.
At the time that entered into force the mandate, it will be created that around 85 percent of Canadian truckers there will have complete vaccination schedules and the United States already had a similar mandate, which means that truckers already had to count on the complete plan of vacation to cross the border.
During the past week, the protests increased and turned into a rallying cry against the government’s pandemic restrictions, and ending in demonstrations taking place in several other Canadian cities over the weekend.
In Toronto, miles of people tomaron the streets of the city más grande del país and blockaron a main intersection por horas.
On Sunday, the police of Toronto tweeted that it would leave road closures active “to protect our healthcare workers, patients and their families, and maintain public safety.”
In Vancouver, 5 people were arrested for sábado por “violent behavior and illegal conduct” because of reports that they drove off cars and feet, damaged cars and pulled cars on the roads, según la policía local.
This happened because a 42-year-old man was arrested for another driver of his vehicle against a group of protesters in Winnipeg who died for the night, where he hirió a cuatro personas.
So many demonstrators have been peaceful, Ottawa officials have launched a direct line to denounce incidents of odio in the city in the middle of multiple forms of acoso and agresiones.
So far, four people have been arrested on hate crime charges in Ottawa and others have been seen carrying Nazi and Confederate flags.
Images also surfaced online of some protesters climbing and urinating on the National War Memorial and dancing at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
The police of Ottawa and the FBI say that they will work together to investigate the cargoes of delitos de odio.
In recent days, officials have described the protests as an “invasion” and urged organizers to withdraw.
The Prime Minister of Ontario, Doug Ford, said that the situation had turned into an “invasion”, in open opposition with the majority of the Conservative Party that had come out in support of the truckers.
“It is no longer a protest. It has been converted into an invasion. It’s time for this to finish,” he said.
Another conservative legislator described the participants as “radical and anarchist groups,” calling it “the Siege of Ottawa.”
“Spent the week in suffering from the siege of Ottawa,” tweeted Pierre Paul-Hus.
“I ask that we clear the streets and stop this invasion controlled by radical and anarchist groups.”
GoFundMe recalled fundraiser organizers on Friday saying evidence from law enforcement had revealed that “a previously peaceful demonstration turned into an invasion.”
About US$10 million in donations already accrued to the “Freedom Convoy 2022” page will no longer be distributed to organizers, but instead will be returned to donors, the company said.
Elon Musk and Ron DeSantis criticized the company for his decision, and the president of Tesla called him “professional ladrones” even though the Florida governor brought to investigate the “engaging practices” of the platform.
Donald Trump also publicly supported the truckers’ protest, calling Trudeau a “far left lunatic.”
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